Q: I’ve been dealing with daily mental stress for the past few months. I’ve notice that during that time, I’ve experience a lot of frontal hair loss and thinning. I thought stress was a myth for causing hair loss. A: Stress may cause temporary shedding, but it generally does not affect the long-term course of [...]

Q: Can stress accelerate hair loss? I am 25 and there is balding on my dad’s side of the family. I never had any thinning or hair loss till this year. I guess you can say I’ve been under a lot of stress. When I did notice shortly after my 25th birthday I started stressing [...]

Q: Over the past three months, my hair seems to be thinning more on one side. Is it common in male pattern hair loss for it to be more on one side? I had a lot of stress about three months ago and have heard that this could be the cause. Is this possible? Should [...]

“The diagnosis and treatment for men and women is very different,” said Dr. Robert M. Bernstein [...] Women usually have a diffuse type of hair loss with thinning all over while men keep a permanent zone on the back and sides. [...] “A medical evaluation is extremely important to rule out underlying medical conditions,” said Bernstein.